LICENSING POLLS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 63, 15 March 1944, Page 6

LICENSING POLLS

COMMITTEES ELECTED

TEMPERANCE SUCCESSES

L A feature of the licensing polls 3 held in Auckland yesterday was that 1 temperance candidates gained con--1 trol of the Remuera and Marsden t committees. In other licensing districts temperance candidates were returned, but in the Auckland dis- ; trict, where most interest was shown, : the temperance candidates were not [ successful. Polling was on the Parliamentary r franchise, but the voting in general was not heavy. Each committee consists of five elected members, with | a magistrate as chairman. ; Details of Voting The results of the preliminary ■ counts are as follows, an asterisk indicating a member of the previous committee, and the letter T denoting temperance nominees:— AUCKLAND CITI' Successful *J. Sayegll 3500 *J. Grace 3239 J-:. Griffiths 3178 A. J. Wynn 3150 *\V. 51. Mathcson 3128 Unsuccessful Rev. E. T. Olds (T.J .... 2964 Rev. W. R. .Milne (T.) ... 2771 Rev. 1). N. Pr.vor (T.) . . 2653 Rev. A. E. Waite (T.) . . 2228 C. G. Lee (T.J 2197 W. Hawkings 581 J. R. Dowil 396 W AITBM AT A Successful *A. E. Greenslade 798 R. N. White 769 *A. H. Brackebush 728 *N. S. Davidson 706 L. G. Wood (T.) 699 Unsuccessful R. N. K. Swanston 637 Mrs. M. M. Dreaver .... 502 •T. A. Stanaway 398 R. Martin 393 Informal 20 OXEHI'XGA Successful *S. P. Ardern (T.) 1276 F. W. Beckett (T.) 1149 J- Park 1000 *li. V. Sutherland 525 *H. R. Mackenzie 762 Unsuccessful | *G. F. Rartle.v 694 H. G. Menzies 688 A. H. Kilmer 535 *X. C. Proctor 481 G. Ellis 401 REMUERA Successful W. Johnston (T.) 1315 J. T. Holmes (T.) 1283 C. E. Phillips (T.) 1240 J. F. Roberts (T.) 1231 *G. F. Court 1004 Unsuccessful *M. M. McCallum Sl7 *H. Wright 817 *.!. C. Malfroy SOI) *E. G. Bridgens 765 MARSDEN Successful.—*C. R. Lovatt (T.), 607; *A. Clarke (T.), 520; Rev. G. Brown (T.), 516; S. Oldcorn (T.), 452; J. F. Hills (T.), 42S Unsuccessful.—*W. Collins, 427; *A. H. Curtis, 409; R. H. Allen, 334. BAY OP ISLANDS Successful.—A. J. Martin, 492; W. Shaw, 483; *J. Pearson, 478; "A. A. Potter, 420; T. .T. V. Dunlop, 417. Unsuccessful.—*J. T. B. Taafe, 392; C. R. Cotterell, 271; *R. T. Wrathall, 257. THAMES Successful.—»R. M. Rhodes, 792; «j. H. Arbury, 788; "J. A. Hepburn, 777; *W. M. Wallntilt, 755; "PJ. J. McLoushlin, 678. Unsuccessful.—J. G. Strongman, 570. One Hotel Only In the Remuera district, the only hotel concerned is on the eastern side of Broadway, at Newmarket, the hotels on the opposite side being in the Auckland East electorate. Provision was made for 13 polling places in the district, and 'only about 2000 people out of a roll number of over 22,000 voted. It was the first election in Remuera since 1936. as in 1939 the nominees equalled the number of seats.